Roundabout.



No. 831,161. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

I.' J. HESS. ROUNDABOUT.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZ7. 1905 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

IWI I II I [/VVE/VTOR A/Zomey 5 No 831,161. PATENTED'SEPT. 18, 1906.

, 1. J. HESS.

ROUNDABOUT. I APPLIOATIONIILBD MAY 27, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Af/omey UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

IRA J. HESS,-OF NELSON, KANSAS.

ROUNDABOUT.

Specification ofLetters Patent. Application filed May 27, 1905. Serial No. 262,647.

NO. 831,161. Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

directly under and parallel to the spindles c c. G Gr are wheels mounted on said axles f f and are adapted to bear upon and travel aroun the circular track H. J J designate the seats, l which may comprise any form of figure, as a horse, chair, or the like, said seats or figures I being mounted on the spindles c c to allow l a rocking motion to be imparted to the same and being retained on'said spindles by any suitable means, as the nuts j j. K K are My invention relates to new and useful i links pivoted at one end at 7c 7r to the seats or provements in the class of roundabouts, and l figures J J at a suitable distance from the particularly to those adapted to be operated l point of pivoting of same, the other ends of by the persons riding thereon. said links being provided with eyes 7c 70, The special object of my said invention is adapted to fit onto pins g g, located eccento so construct a device of the class described 1 trically on said wheels G G. that the rocking motion imparted to the fig- In. the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 I ures mounted thereon by the riders will transemploy a ratchet construction instead of the mit motion to the traveling Wheels upon eccentric construction above described. Thus which the device is mounted. instead of connecting In order that my invention may be thorlinks k k directly with the wheels G G, I pivot oughly understood, I have illustrated the them at k k to short links 11 L, which are prefsame in the accompanying drawings, and a erably pivoted to the axles f f. M M are full and exact description thereof is contained ratchet-wheels concentrically mounted on in the annexed specification. the wheels G G. N N are pawls pivoted to In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 the links L L and constructed to engage the Z0 coZZ whom, it may concern:

I Be it known that I, IRA LI. HEss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nelson, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roundabouts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

is an elevation of my improved device. Fig. said ratchets only upon the upward move- 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. is averment of the links K K. With this constructical section through the same. Flg. 4 is an tion it is necessary to provide meansfor checking the movement of the seats, and to accomplish this object I provide the forwardly and rearwardly extending arms 0 and P, respecenlarged detail view of a portion thereof. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of a modification. In the several views like letters of reference designate similar parts of my improved detively, which are preferably rigidly secured to vice. the spindles c c. Q Q are coiled springs inter- A in the drawings designates a vertical posed between the seat and the ends of the post provided with a suitable base a, the uparms O and P to cushion the movement of the seats. R R are rods secured to the seat and extending through said springs and arms to prevent said springs from being displaced.

From the foregoing description the operation of my device is obvious and merely necessitates the rocking of the seats or figures by the riders to operate the links, which in turn revolve the wheels which set the whole device into operation.

Although I have shown my improved methodof propulsion as applied to roundabouts, I do not wish to limit myself to such construction, as it may equally well be ap plied to gocarts, invalid-chairs, wheeled hobby-horses, and the like.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with an upright post, of a frame comprising radially-extending arms revoluper end of said post being provided with a circular portion a of smaller diameter than the lower portion.

B is a collar provided with a circular opening b, adapted to fit onto the spindle a and l rest upon the top of the enlarged portion of p the post A. B is provided with the out-' wardly-extending flanges 1) b between which are secured by any suitable means the ends of radially-extending arms 0 C, forming the revolving frame, said arms 0 C being provided at their outer ends with the spindle portions 0 0, preferably of smaller diameter than the remainder thereof.

D D are brace-bars extending from the outer ends of the arms C C to a plate E, revolubly mounted on the end of the post A. F F are arms secured by any suitable means to said radially-extending arms C O and are provided with the axle portions ff, extending bly mounted thereon, seats mounted on the cular track for said wheels and connections free ends of said arms to rock thereon, wheels between said seats and wheels whereby said revolubly mounted on axles connected with wheels may be rotated by rocking said seats,

said arms, and connections between said seats substantially as described. 15 5 and wheels whereby said wheels may be ro- In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature tated, substantially as described. inthe presence of two witnesses.

21 In' a device of the class described, the' IRA J HESS combination with an upright post, of a frame I 1o bly mounted thereon, seats mounted on the A. H. GREEF,

comprising radially-extending arms revolu- .Witnesses: free ends of said arms to rock thereon, a cirl R. E. CARLTON. 

